How To Install libaom-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libaom-dev on Debian 12.
What is libaom-dev
libaom-dev is:
AOMedia Video 1 (AV1) is an open and royalty free video encoding format optimized for the Internet and the successor of VP9. aom is the reference encoder and decoder implementation published by the Alliance for Open Media.
This package contains the development files.
There are three methods to install libaom-dev on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libaom-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libaom-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libaom-dev
Install libaom-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libaom-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libaom-dev
Install libaom-dev Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libaom-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libaom-dev
How To Uninstall libaom-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libaom-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libaom-dev
Uninstall libaom-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libaom-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libaom-dev
Remove libaom-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libaom-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libaom-dev
Remove libaom-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libaom-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libaom-dev
Dependencies
libaom-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libaom-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.